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Property Details for Former Fansteel V.R. Wesson Property


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Private
178141
801 West Market Street Waukegan, IL 60085
11
42.3451508 / -87.8284884
10


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Property Location



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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
R5 TBA - Illinois (STAG Funded)n/aILTBA2004


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$7,441.0011/03/201412/09/2014R5 TBA - Illinois (STAG Funded)YFY15


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $7,441.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $7,441.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.


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Contaminants and Media


Lead
Other Metals
PAHS
PCBS
Pesticides
Petroleum Products
SVOCs
VOCs
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Ground Water
Soil
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Addl Cleanup/Treatment info:
Address of Data Source:
Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 11
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged:
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Yes
Information Devices
Groundwater use prohibited at the site.
No
Yes
Cover Technologies (e.g., Capping)
Clean soil, buildings, alleys, sidewalks and roadways are proposed for installation as engineered barriers. Maintenance of the barriers is to be mandated by a homeowners association or related proxy acknowledged by the land manager and owners.
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation – Redevelopment


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Additional Property Attributes

The US EPA tasked Tetra Tech to conduct a Phase I ESA of the site under the Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) contract EP-S5-13-01, Technical Direction Document (TDD) No. S05-0003-1411-001. The City of Waukegan has a master plan for the south lakefront development area, which includes this property. The property is intended for redevelopment as residential use.

Former Use: The site has been in industrial use since the 1890's. Fansteel's operations began around 1943. Sanborn maps indicate that the property was historically occupied by US Sugar Refinery and U.S. Starch Works, as a corn products refinery company. The property included a coal unloading tower and oil storage. A pipe shop is shown and the buildings became the Manufacturers Terminal Co in 1917. The property also historically included a mattress and spring storage company, a machine shop, a machine and repair shop, Big Ben Coal Company, O'Connell Motor Truck Company factory, Chicago Color Co, Oxide Ochre Color Manufacturing, American Can Company, Triple Metal Corp. Machine Shop, the Waukegan Foundry Company, Steel Kitchen Company, American Lakes Paper, Champion Folding Furniture, American Concrete Co, Marbelite Co. Braun Manufacturing Co and National Popcorn. The property was later occupied by The Vascoloy-Ramet Corporation, Quality Tool Works machine shop, a metal plates work, and Shurit Products, automotive repair parts manufacturer, Pfanstiehl Chemical Company and Abbott Laboratory. The Vascoloy-Ramet Corporation later dissolved and reorganized as the VR/Wesson Division of Fansteel. The VR/Wesson plant discontinued operations in April 1987. The buildings were demolished.
Industry (11)
Hazardous


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